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  1. *Paredes-Acuña, A. G., A. Macías-Duarte, R. A. Castillo-Gámez, A. B. Montoya, and J. H. Weaver. 2024. Variation of the Montezuma quail's diet in Arizona, New Mexico, and Texas. Rangeland Ecology and Management 94:95-105. DOI
  2. Macías-Duarte, A., E. Juárez, E. Sánchez-Murrieta, E. L. Perales-Hoeffer, and C. I. Ortega-Rosas. 2023. Abundance and occupancy of the western yellow-billed cuckoo (Coccyzus americanus) in Sonora, Mexico. Canadian Journal of Zoology 101(8):603-613. DOI
  3. *Sánchez-Murrieta, E., A. Macías-Duarte, R. A. Castillo-Gámez, A. Varela-Romero, A. B. Montoya, J. H. Weaver, and N. G. Pacheco-Hoyos. 2023. Genetic variability and population structure of the Montezuma quail (Cyrtonyx montezumae) in the northern limit of its distribution. PeerJ 11:e16585. DOI
  4. *Arroyo-Ortega, J. P., A. Macías-Duarte, C. I. Ortega-Rosas, and O. G. Gutiérrez-Ruacho. 2023. Food supplemention increases mule deer (Odocoileus hemionus eremicus) retention at the Rancho San Huberto Wildlife Conservation Management Unit, Sonora, Mexico. Agrociencia 57(6):1311-1343. PDF
  5. *Guzmán-Ojeda, R. J., R. A. Castillo-Gámez, A. Macías-Duarte, and J. A. Alvarado-Castro. 2023. Effect of buffelgrass (Cenchrus ciliaris) on Sonoran Desert rodent diversity and population density. The Southwestern Naturalist 67(1):18-26. DOI
  6. Bernath-Plaisted, J. S., M. D. Correll, S. G. Somershoe, A. M. Dwyer, A. Bankert, A. Beh, H. Berlanga, W. A. Boyle, J. L. Cruz-Romo, T. L. George, J. Herkert, N. Koper, A. Macías-Duarte, A. O. Panjabi, O. M. Ramírez-Flores, B. Robinson, I. Ruvalcaba-Ortega, J. Sibbing, E. H. Strasser, M. Titulaer, and Tammy VerCauteren. 2023. Review of Conservation Challenges and Possible Solutions for Grassland Birds of the North American Great Plains. Rangeland Ecology and Management 90:165-185. DOI
  7. *López-Bujanda, O., A. Macías-Duarte, R. A. Castillo-Gámez, and A. B. Montoya. 2022. Factors determining diet composition of the Montezuma quail (Cyrtonyx montezumae) at the northern limit its distribution. The Wilson Journal of Ornithology 134(3):507-520. DOI
  8. Rolek, B. W., L. Dunn, B. Pauli, A. Macías-Duarte, B. Mutch, P. Juergens, T. Anderson, C. N. Parish, J. A. Johnson, B. Millsap, and C. J. W. McClure. 2022. Long-term demography of a reintroduced population of endangered falcons. Global Ecology:e02226. DOI
  9. Macías-Duarte, A. and C. J. Conway. 2021. Geographic variation in dispersal of western burrowing owl (Athene cunicularia hypugaea) populations. Behavioral Ecology 32(6):1339-1351. DOI
  10. Macías-Duarte, A., A. B. Montoya, J. R. Rodríguez-Salazar, J. A. Alvarado-Castro, and O. G. Gutiérrez-Ruacho. 2021. Natal dispersal of Aplomado Falcons in Chihuahua, Mexico. Journal of Raptor Research 55(2):267-275. DOI
  11. Macías-Duarte, A., C. J. Conway, and M. Culver. 2020. Agriculture creates subtle genetic structure among migratory and non-migratory populations of burrowing owls throughout North America. Ecology and Evolution 10(19):10697-10708. DOI
  12. Ortega-Rosas, C. I., C. A. Enciso-Miranda, A. Macías-Duarte, D. Morales-Romero, and L. Villarruel-Sahagún. 2020. Urban vegetation cover correlates with environmental variables in a desert city: insights of mitigation measures to climate change. Urban Ecosystems 23:1191-1207. DOI
  13. Macías-Duarte, A., C. J. Conway, G. L. Holroyd, H. E. Valdez-Gómez, and M. Culver. 2019. Genetic variation among island and continental populations of Burrowing Owl subspecies (Athene cunicularia) in North America. Journal of Raptor Research 53(2):127-133.​ DOI
  14. Macías-Duarte, A., J. A. Alvarado-Castro, C. I. Ortega-Rosas, D. B. Pool, O. G. Gutiérrez-Ruacho, and L. Villarruel-Sahagún. 2019. Factors influencing nesting phenology and nest success of the Rufous-winged Sparrow (Peucaea carpalis)  at the center of its distribution in Sonora, Mexico. The Wilson Journal of Ornithology 131(1):72-83. DOI
  15. Macías-Duarte, A., A. O. Panjabi, D. B. Pool, I. Ruvalcaba-Ortega, and G. J. Levandoski. 2018. Fall vegetative cover and summer precipitation predict abundance of wintering grassland birds across the Chihuahuan Desert. Journal of Arid Environments 156:41-49. DOI
  16. Titulaer, M., A. Melgoza-Castillo, A. Macías-Duarte, and Arvind O. Panjabi. 2018. Seed size, bill morphology, and handling time influence preferences for native vs. nonnative grass seeds in three declining sparrows. The Wilson Journal of Ornithology 130(2):445-456. DOI​
  17. Armenta-Méndez, L., J. P. Gallo-Reynoso, A. Macías-Duarte, M. Montiel-Herrera, and L. Villarruel-Sahagún. 2018. Ecological niche and occupation by gray fox (Urocyon cinereoargenteus) at Las Barajitas Canyon, Sonora. Therya 9(1):53-60. PDF​
  18. Macías-Duarte, A., A. O. Panjabi, E. H. Strasser, G. J. Levandoski, I. Ruvalcaba-Ortega, P. F. Doherty, Jr., and C. I. Ortega-Rosas. 2017. Winter survival of declining North American grassland birds is driven by weather and grassland condition in the Chihuahuan Desert. Journal of Field Ornithology 88(4):374–386. DOI
  19. Titulaer, M., A. Melgoza-Castillo, A. O. Panjabi, A. Sanchez-Flores, J. H. Martínez-Guerrero, A. Macías-Duarte, and J. A. Fernández. 2017. Molecular analysis of stomach contents reveals important grass seeds in the winter diet of Baird’s and Grasshopper sparrows, two declining grassland bird species. PLOS ONE 12(12): e0189695. DOI
  20. Macías-Duarte, A., A. B. Montoya, J. R. Rodríguez-Salazar, A. O. Panjabi, P. A. Calderón-Domínguez, and W. G. Hunt. 2016. The imminent disappearance of the Aplomado Falcon from the Chihuahuan Desert. Journal of Raptor Research 50(2):211-216. PDF
  21. Ruíz Aymá, G., A. Olalla Kerstupp, A. Macías Duarte, A. Guzmán Velasco, and J. I. González Rojas. 2016. Population density of the western burrowing owl (Athene cunicularia hypugaea) in Mexican prairie dog (Cynomys mexicanus) colonies in northeastern Mexico. BMC Ecology 16:38. DOI
  22. Macías-Duarte, A. and C. J. Conway. 2015. Distributional changes in the Western Burrowing Owl (Athene cunicularia hypugaea) in North America from 1967 to 2008. Journal of Raptor Research 49(1):75-83. DOI
  23. Macías-Duarte, A. and C. J. Conway. 2015. Spatial patterns in hydrogen isotope ratios in feathers of Burrowing Owls from western North America. The Auk–Ornitological Advances 132(1):25-36. DOI
  24. *Johnston-López, K., A. Macías-Duarte, and R. A. Castillo-Gámez. 2015. Urban birds in the Sonoran Desert: estimating population density from point counts. Huitzil, Revista Mexicana de Ornitología 16(1):37-47. PDF
  25. Pool, D., A. O. Panjabi, A. Macías-Duarte, and D. M. Solhjem. 2014. Rapid expansion of croplands in Chihuahua, Mexico threatens declining North American grassland bird species. Biological Conservation 170: 274–281. DOI
  26. Ortega Rosas, C. I., A. Macías Duarte, and O. G. Gutiérrez Ruacho. 2014. El estudio del polen: una ventana al pasado de las comunidades y el clima. Juyyaania 2(1):131-140. ​PDF
  27. Macías-Duarte, A. and A. O. Panjabi. 2013. Home range and habitat use of wintering Vesper Sparrows in Chihuahuan Desert grasslands of Mexico. The Wilson Journal of Ornithology 125(4):755–762. DOI
  28. Macías-Duarte, A. and A. O. Panjabi. 2013. Association of habitat characteristics with winter survival of a declining grassland bird in Chihuahuan Desert grasslands of Mexico. The Auk 130(1):141-149. DOI
  29. Hunt, W. G., J. L. Brown, T. J. Cade, J. Coffman, M. Curti, E. Gott, B. Heinrich, J. P. Jenny, P. Juergens, A. Macías-Duarte, A. B. Montoya, B. Mutch, and C. Sandfort. 2013. Restoring Aplomado Falcons to the United States. Journal of Raptor Research 47(4):335-351. DOI
  30. Soria, G., M. Lavin, I. Martínez-Tovar, and A. Macías-Duarte. 2013. Recruitment of catarina scallop (Argopecten ventricosus) larvae on artificial collectors off the NE coast of the Gulf of California. Aquaculture Research 44(9):1383–1398. DOI
  31. Macías-Duarte, A., C. J. Conway, A. Munguía-Vega, and M. Culver. 2010. Novel microsatellite loci for the burrowing owl Athene cunicularia. Conservation Genetics Resources 2:67-69. PDF
  32. Macías-Duarte, A., A. B. Montoya, C. Méndez-González, J. R. Rodríguez-Salazar, W. G. Hunt, and P. Krannitz. 2009. Factors influencing habitat use by migratory grassland birds in the State of Chihuahua, Mexico. The Auk 126(4):896-905. DOI
  33. Macías-Duarte, A., J. A. Alvarado Castro, M. E. Dórame-Navarro, and A. A. Felix-Torres. 2009. Dispersion and oviposition of laboratory-reared gravid females of Toxorhynchites moctezuma released in an arid urban area of Sonora, Mexico. Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association 25(4):417-424. DOI
  34. M. A. Mora, A. B. Montoya, M.C. Lee, A. Macías-Duarte, R. Rodríguez-Salazar, P. W. Juergens, and A. Lafón-Terrazas. 2008. Persistent environmental pollutants in eggs of aplomado falcons from Northern Chihuahua, Mexico, and South Texas, USA. Environment International 34(1):44-50. DOI
  35. Macías-Duarte, A., A. B. Montoya, W. G. Hunt, A. Lafon-Terrazas, and R. Tafanelli. 2004. Reproduction, prey, and habitat of the Aplomado Falcon (Falco femoralis) in desert grasslands of Chihuahua, Mexico. The Auk 121(4):1081-1093. DOI

Technical reports​
  1. Macías Duarte, A., O. E. López-Bujanda, R. A. Castillo-Gámez, and A. B. Montoya. 2018. Winter Diet of the Montezuma Quail (Cyrtonyx montezumae) in Arizona and New Mexico. Sonora State University Technical Report No. UES-PIE-17-UAH-LE-04. Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico. PDF
  2. Secretaría de Medio Ambiente y Recursos Naturales. 2018. Programa de Acción para la Conservación de la Especie Halcón Aplomado (Falco femoralis). Comisión Nacional de Áreas Nacionales Protegidas. México. Comité de Redacción: A. Macías Duarte, J. Roberto Rodríguez Salazar, M. de Jesús Damián Chávez, and Luis F. Lozano Román. PDF​
  3. Panjabi, A. O., A. Macías-Duarte, I. Ruvalcaba-Ortega, D. Pool, G. Levandoski, and J. I. González-Rojas. 2013. Where do grassland birds winter? Density, abundance and distribution of wintering grassland passerines in the Chihuahuan Desert. Montreal, Canada. Commission for Environmental Cooperation. 30pp. PDF
  4. Pool, D. B., A. Macías-Duarte, A. O. Panjabi, G. Levandoski, and E. Youngberg. 2012. Chihuahuan Desert Grassland Bird Conservation Plan, version 1.0. Rocky Mountain Bird Observatory, Brighton, Colorado, RMBO Technical Report I-RGJV-11-01. 74 pp. PDF
  5. Macías-Duarte, A., A. O. Panjabi, D. Pool, E. Youngberg, and G. Levandoski. 2011. Wintering Grassland Bird Density in Chihuahuan Desert Grassland Priority Conservation Areas, 2007-2011. Rocky Mountain Bird Observatory, Brighton, Colorado, RMBO Technical Report I- NEOTROP-MXPLAT-10-2. 164 pp. PDF
  6. Macias-Duarte, A. and A. Panjabi. 2010. Status of the Mountain Plover (Charadrius montanus) in Mexico. Rocky Mountain Bird Observatory, Brighton, CO, Special report submitted to U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service I-MOUP-USFWS-10-01. 17 pp. PDF
  7. Youngberg E. N., A. Macías, and A. O. Panjabi. 2010. Density and Reproductive Success of breeding birds in the Mountains To Plains project area in Northern Colorado: Final Report. RMBO technical report I-NEOTROP-MTP-09-01. Rocky Mountain Bird Observatory, Brighton, Colorado, 24pp. PDF

Book chapters
  1. Gutiérrez-Ruacho, O. G., L. Brito-Castillo, C. I. Ortega-Rosas, L. Villarruel-Sahagún, A. Macías-Duarte, and A. Jiménez-Lagunes. 2018. Análisis de la variabilidad de las temperaturas y lluvias en la ciudad de Hermosillo, Sonora, México para la evaluación del riesgo ambiental local y regional. In: Desastres asociados a fenómenos hidrometeorológicos. Joel Francis Audefroy y Raymundo Padilla Lozoya (editors). Instituto Mexicano de Tecnología del Agua. Jiutepec, Morelos. PDF

Popular science and extension
  1. Macías-Duarte, A. (12 September 2019). Status of the Yellow-billed Cuckoo in Sonora, Mexico. Sonoran Joint Venture eBulletin. URL
  2. Macías-Duarte, A. (10 May 2018). Natal Dispersal of Aplomado Falcons in the Chihuahuan Desert of Mexico. Sonoran Joint Venture eBulletin. URL
  3. Macías-Duarte, A. 2017. Búhos de las Américas (Owls of the Americas). Hornero 32(2):287–289 (Book review: Enríquez, P. L. (editor). 2015. Los Búhos Neotropicales. Diversidad y Conservación. El Colegio de la Frontera Sur, San Cristóbal de Las Casas. Mexico. 630 pp.). PDF
  4. Valencia-Maldonado, C. A., J. P. Arroyo-Ortega, A. Macías-Duarte, y F. I. Gastelum-Mendoza. 2016. Population density of western burrowing owl (Athene cunicularia hypugaea) in Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico. Agroproductividad 9(9):73-76. PDF
  5. Macías-Duarte, A., Arvind O. Panjabi, and Carlos E. Aguirre Calderón. 2011. Compartiendo sus Agostaderos con las Aves del Pastizal. Rocky Mountain Bird Observatory. Brighton, Colorado, EE.UU. PDF​

In the media
  1. Documentary "Por El Planeta: El Vuelo del Águila" (29 September 2019). Foro TV Channel, Televisa. URL